any body know what a molecule of boro looks like writen out?

[Albino Sasquatch]

im wonderin if anyone has this info, ive been looking and cant find it. all im looking for is like a molecule make up of the class with all the H, C, and lines and such wanted to see what it looked like and maybe get it put on some shirts.

[LTD]

make a good tattoo

[gn0me]

Here's something close... this would be fused silica, like quartz:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Silica.svg

Borosilicate has some boron oxide, sodium oxide, potassium oxide, and calcium oxide mixed in...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Kristallstruktur_Bortrioxid.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Sodium-oxide-unit-cell-3D-balls-B.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Potassium-oxide-3D-vdW.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Calcium-oxide-3D-vdW.png

So... take that fused quartz model and replace a few of the silicon atoms with sodium, or potassium. or one boron among 3 O's or calcium (one Ca to one O) and there you have it! Sort of. There are actually 4 oxygens connected to each silicon, the missing ones just aren't shown because it's a 2d representation.... showing actual bonds may be tricky too... I'll have to talk to some of the guys over in the materials department about this one :D

[Riley]

a picture of the guy making the new illadelph bases..

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ctechlabware.net/images/IMG_5611-1.JPG&imgrefurl=http://ctechlabware.net/index.php%3Fmain_page%3Dindex%26cPath%3D1&usg=__iW2LPAwyuSr3TV4YzNfUfz36tvk=&h=728&w=1092&sz=126&hl=en&start=826&sig2=1muwpszGRfpcwOwiGyF5rw&zoom=1&tbnid=r-MsgkblgY1FCM:&tbnh=162&tbnw=198&ei=JnGQTL6HO4OcsQPIw7yyDg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dborosilicate%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26cli ent%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D834%26tbs%3Disch: 11%2C24287&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=306&oei=-nCQTOfxApHCsAOmsMR8&esq=9&page=35&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:826&tx=147&ty=65&biw=1280&bih=834

and this came up on google images for 'chemical structure of borosilicate glass' go figure

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WTcCMfcBnTY/THLGBLQs2LI/AAAAAAAAAA8/49mz7w9GP0g/s1600/Untitled.png&imgrefurl=http://www.vapeitup.co.uk/&usg=__JypYeI123cqcwOVRiRaVZoxSU10=&h=249&w=347&sz=21&hl=en&start=21&sig2=piBI5y9yaQb9g7x-hiz0dQ&zoom=1&tbnid=QxWl1prne5YGsM:&tbnh=144&tbnw=200&ei=A3aQTL6QIMP-nAeAjMy0DA&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%27chemical%2Bstructure%2Bof%2Bborosi licate%27%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1280 %26bih%3D834%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C456&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=807&vpy=383&dur=826&hovh=190&hovw=265&tx=129&ty=85&oei=8nWQTPOKH4i6sAPsoPiPAQ&esq=2&page=2&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:21&biw=1280&bih=834

this might actually be it, but i am not sure. i am no chemist.

http://www.chemicalbook.com/ChemicalProductProperty_EN_CB61215472.htm

anyhow i had a nice run through some very interesting imagery. best of luck

oh and a thumbnail i found, that i couldn't enlarge. looks like 400mm glass tubing

[gn0me]

Found something really cool:

http://uccs.univ-lille1.fr/spip.php?article142&lang=fr

[Albino Sasquatch]

make a good tattoo

thats what i was thinking! and i was going to ask you for :dieslaugh

[LTD]

thats what i was thinking! and i was going to ask you for :dieslaugh

I should have my Oregon license by the time you get here:D We can do it with black light active pigments:bouncy: